Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, January 2 5:08 PM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, January 9 6:16 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, January 16 5:13 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, January 24 3:22 PM

Also in January

  • Quadrantids meteor shower peak on the night of January 3–4 up to 110 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 97% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Annular solar eclipse Sunday, January 16, 5:15 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 12–19.

Times are in Columbus time (America/New York), and moonrise and moonset are for Columbus. Each day's Moon is turned as it is in the sky of Columbus when it is highest that night (near the New Moon, that day).

December January 2056 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
31 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 6:32 AM
2 Sunday
Full Moon
5:08 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:21 PM
Set: 7:29 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 8:23 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:22 PM
Set: 9:12 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:29 PM
Set: 9:56 AM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:37 PM
Set: 10:35 AM
7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 11:11 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:55 PM
Set: 11:44 AM
9 Sunday
Last Quarter
6:16 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:16 PM
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 12:49 PM
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:13 AM
Set: 1:24 PM
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:22 AM
Set: 2:03 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:31 AM
Set: 2:46 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:38 AM
Set: 3:35 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:40 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
New Moon
5:13 PM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:35 AM
Set: 5:29 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 6:30 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:05 AM
Set: 7:32 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:41 AM
Set: 8:34 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 9:33 PM
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 10:32 PM
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: 11:29 PM
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:35 AM
Set: –
24 Monday
First Quarter
3:22 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 12:26 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:31 PM
Set: 1:23 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 2:20 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 3:18 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:20 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
29 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:08 PM
Set: 5:15 AM
30 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
31 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:06 PM
Set: 7:03 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday